Pete Carroll's Annual Salary

Pete Carroll net worth and salary: Pete Carroll is an American football coach who has a net worth of $20 million and an annual salary of $8 million. Pete Carroll was born on September 15, 1951 in San Francisco, California. He grew up in Greenbrae, California and attended Redwood High School in a town called Larkspur which is located in Marin County. Though he loved to play sports, Pete weight just 110 pounds when he entered high school and therefore required a doctor's note to receive permission to play football. He eventually went on to be an all-star in football, basketball and baseball. After high school, Carroll played football for two years at a nearby community college, College of Marin. He then transferred to The University of the Pacific where he played free safety for two years and even earned an All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference honor, two years in a row. While attending the UOP, football head coach Chester Caddas took a liking to Pete and hired him as a graduate assistant coach. After graduating Pete was hired at the University of Arkansas where he earned $182 a week under legendary coach Lou Holtz. Over the next decade, Pete climbed his way up the collegiate coaching ladder. He also spent some time coaching in the NFL. He was hired as head coach of the NY Jets in 1994 but was fired after one season when the team finished 6-10. Next, Pete was hired as a defensive coordinator for his hometown team, The San Francisco 49ers. In 2000, Pete finally landed the job that would bring him the most success to date, as the head coach of the USC Trojans. Pete and the Trojans went on an incredibly successful run between 2001 and 2009 and in 2010, Pete was hired as the head coach of The Seattle Seahawks.

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Pete Carroll

Peter Clay "Pete" Carroll is the head coach and executive vice president of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans.